Council and Village staff members gathered for a six-hour retreat on Thursday, April 9, to drill down on all matters housing-related in the village.

Ralph Emerson Simmons Sr., of Huber Heights, Ohio, died Sunday, April 19, 2026, at age 87, after a full life guided by a devotion to family and a commitment to service.

Ross L. Morgan died on Sunday, April 19, 2026, surrounded by family in his independent living apartment at the Springfield (Ohio) Masonic Community.

A Celebration of life for Ellen Kubay Adkins will be Sunday, May 24, 2026, at Glen Helen’s Vernet Ecological Center, 405 Corry St., Yellow Springs. Meditation will be 12:30–1 p.m., and the service will follow from 1–2 p.m.

A celebration of life for Harry S. Morgan, who died March 29, 2026, will be held at Young’s Event Center in Yellow Springs on Wednesday, May 13, starting at 5:30 p.m.

Longtime villager Thomas “Tom” Joseph Noftle III died on April 16, 2026, in Austin, Texas, after a progressive decline due to dementia.

A potentially dangerous industrial fire at Morris Bean involving burning magnesium metal was quickly contained by Miami Township Fire-Rescue and other area fire and rescue agencies early last week.

Yellow Springs Community Foundation staffers and local stakeholders are pushing ahead with plans to facilitate the transition of Tom’s Market into a community-owned, cooperatively-run downtown grocery store.

Little Art Theatre recently announced a series of films from its current artists-in-residence for May, with Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Steven Bognar and artist-filmmaker Anna Chiaretta Lavatelli.

During its April 8 regular meeting, the school board approved a second reading of a slate of updated district policies, including a new artificial intelligence policy. The policy frames AI as a tool to “enhance human interaction and instruction, not replace it,” while requiring human oversight of any AI-driven decisions.